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• Anonymous from Milford PaWas just doing a search on the meaning after listening to song on a 12 inch vinyl and was bringing me back to the very first time I heard this many many many years ago late 1980s many good memories great memories
• Pla from AsiaGreat story about the discovery of the intro. Great song and great band, Lots of greats in this not so great time. Cheers
• Bird from FarkurnellThis song is always best played flat out loud!
  Brilliant tune.
• Jay ReynoldsA desirable paying more attention to one than the other.
• Lige from The OzarksMakes me drive fast!
• AnonymousThe song is about old Love and new love. The old love, the wordly love, that talks s--t to everyone behind your back and you can feel it....and then the new love that makes you feel like nothing else the world could offer, the love that is different from the world, the love that keeps you alive and makes you feel safe, you have finally found your Sanctuary
• Walking from DcProstitution. It's gotta be about prostitution.
• Birdman_euston from London, UkKen and Megan, you're both right. Billy Duffy on his website says Nigel *was* drunk for the recording session *and* missed the video shoot due to his arrest earlier that day! RIP Nigel Preston, who died of a drug overdose in 1992.
• Sklawz from Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania UsaThe lyrics are "Oh those heads that turn...
  "Make my back burn..."
  "And those heads that turn."
  "Make my back burn..."
  NOT.
  Oh the Texas sun
  Make my back burn
  Oh the Texas sun
  Make my back burn.
• Ken from Boston, MaNO, No, No, the story behind the drumming on this track is this (according to "Behind the Music") Nigel was the drummer for the "Love" album, when it came time to shoot the Sanctuary video, Nigel was arrested and in jail, so the drummer for big country simply sat in for the video shoot !
• Megan from Edmonton, AbDuring the recording of this song, the drummer was so drunk, the rest of his bandmates had to continue to take away pieces of the drumset, to make it easier to play. The drummer was so wasted he could only play the simple drum beats included in this song. Still, the song is awesome. :)
• Baddfingerz from Tucson, AzYeah it's awesome! But Roland only described what happened in the studio, the origin of the music itself;No one has offered up an explanation for the lyrics, and that is this site's primary purpose: for us to interpret and explain what these songs are about.
  
  It is fascinating and even eye-opening, what fans describe as the "meanings" of these songs that we dig. Some offer up their interpretations as if they are facts. Others share information because they are or are believed to be facts; knowledge that comes from the testimonies of the artists, their freinds, insiders who "know" where the lyrics came from. Still others look at the songs that seemingly spell out the meanings in plain english, the apparent intentions of the artists for the listener.
  
  If you ask a lot of songwriters how they came up with their some of their best material, they will not even be able to explain some of it.
  
  That's just one more thing I LOVE about music; it really comes down to what each of believes or wants to believe about our favorite tunes. No one can challenge the validity of someone else's musical experiences; sometimes everyone is right, even if their views are contradictory!
  
  Now, must go and jam some tracks off of Sonic Temple or Ceremony...
• Jan from Amsterdam, NetherlandsIndeed, Mark B of Big Country was the drummer on the love album but not on "she sells sanctuary""
  although he (Mark B) was drumming in the video of this beatiful song
• Skip from Mandeville, LaWhat is this place, the Wiki of music? Nigel Preston was the drummer on Sanctuary. Dammit, get yer facts straight if you're gonna be a source of information.
• Investigationdave from Atlanta, GaYou are correct Cleveland, Ohio. 'She Sells Sanctuary' is the best song that The Cult has ever produced. It is a factoid.
• Scott from West Palm Beach, FlThe Cult took home the best new artist of the year award for the release of L*O*V*E ... way cool! Excellent and fresh sound at the time of it's release. At that time (1986) I played the tape (yes cassette) out and had to buy another. I love Sea Shells Actually (go ahead, say She Sells Sanctuary 10 times fast ;) ). The song Nirvana is what tuned me into The Cult, but after buying the tape I aquired new favs: Pheonix for it's utterly ripping 60's psychedelic guitaring that will never get old and Revolution for it's beautiful and melodic rythms and the upbeat feeling portrayed within (makes you want to raise your hands and look to the sky on a beautiful cold day). Eh, but whatever ... the entire recording of L*O*V*E is totally rockin!!
• Chelsea from Wichita, KsNot trying to make this song sound weak and dumb but I actually find it pretty,it's kind of cute sounding in a way,like melody wise.But I really love the song,I really love The Cult too,they're amazing.
• Theo from Johannesburg, South AfricaThis song also featured in the movie "Layer Cake" starring Daniel Craig and Sienna Miller
• Bubba Zanetti from Austin, TxThis is one of the hardest rockin songs out there. Whenever I need to get that roid rage feeling I play this beast.
• Grayson from Cleveland, Ohi believe this is the best Cult song.

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